Randall Airport Explained

Randall Airport
Faa:06N
Type:Public
Owner:Aerodrome Dev Corp
Location:Middletown, New York, United States
Elevation-F:523
Elevation-M:159
Coordinates:41.4319°N -74.3916°W
Pushpin Map:USA New York#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in New York / United States
Pushpin Label:06N
Pushpin Label Position:top
R1-Number:08/26
R1-Length-F:2,811
R1-Length-M:857
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2006
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:22,504
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:43
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Randall Airport is a public use airport in Orange County, New York, United States. It is owned by Aerodrome Dev Corp and is located two nautical miles (3.74 km) southeast of the central business district of the City of Middletown. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 06N by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Randall Airport covers an area of 77acres at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2811feetby60feetft (byft).

For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2006, the airport had 22,504 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 100% general aviation with a few ultralights. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 47% single-engine, 44% gliders and 9% ultralights.

Accidents and incidents

On May 5, 2018, an Aeronca 7AC crashed off Dolsontown Road, in the nearby town of Wawayanda shortly after taking off from Randall. The pilot, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was killed; the other passenger, a flight instructor, survived with injuries that were not life-threatening.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  3. Web site: 06N - Middletown, New York - Randall Airport . Great Circle Mapper . 2009-09-03.
  4. News: Stevens. Matt. President of Jewish Seminary Killed in Plane Crash in Hudson Valley. May 6, 2018. May 9, 2018.